"passive voice" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: passive voices [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} passive voice (usually uncountable, plural passive voices)
  1. (grammar) The form of a transitive verb in which its subject receives the action. Wikipedia link: passive voice Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Grammar Coordinate_terms: active voice, antipassive voice, mediopassive voice, middle voice, verb [reflexive] Translations (grammatical term): lydende vorm (Afrikaans), passief (Afrikaans), pësore [feminine] (Albanian), صِيغَة مَجْهُول (ṣīḡat majhūl) [feminine] (Arabic), مَبْنِي مَجْهُول (mabnī majhūl) [masculine] (Arabic), կրավորական սեռ (kravorakan seṙ) (Armenian), зале́жны стан (zaljéžny stan) [masculine] (Belarusian), пасі́ўны стан (pasíŭny stan) [masculine] (Belarusian), пасы́ўны стан (pasýŭny stan) [masculine] (Belarusian), tu-gouzañv [masculine] (Breton), страда́телен зало́г (stradátelen zalóg) [masculine] (Bulgarian), паси́вен зало́г (pasíven zalóg) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 被動語態 /被动语态 (bèidòng yǔtài) (Chinese Mandarin), etilgen derece (Crimean Tatar), trpný rod [masculine] (Czech), pasivum [neuter] (Czech), passiv [common-gender] (Danish), lideform [common-gender] (Danish), lijdende vorm [masculine] (Dutch), passief [neuter] (Dutch), pasiva voĉo (Esperanto), passiiv (Estonian), umbisikuline tegumood (Estonian), passiivi (Finnish), voix passive [feminine] (French), ვნებითი გვარი (vnebiti gvari) (Georgian), Leideform [feminine] (German), Leidform [feminine] (German), Leidensform [feminine] (German), Passiv [neuter] (German), Passivum [neuter] (German), Passivform [feminine] (German), παθητική φωνή (pathitikí foní) [feminine] (Greek), passzívum (Hungarian), þolmynd [feminine] (Icelandic), faí chéasta [feminine] (Irish), forma passiva [feminine] (Italian), passivo [masculine] (Italian), 受動態 (judōtai) (alt: じゅどうたい) (Japanese), 受身 (ukemi) (alt: うけみ) (Japanese), 所相 (shosō) (alt: しょそう) (Japanese), 수동태 (sudongtae) (alt: 受動態) (Korean), genus passivum (Latin), passivum [neuter] (Latin), ciešamā kārta [feminine] (Latvian), pasīvs [masculine] (Latvian), neveikiamoji rūšis [feminine] (Lithuanian), pasyvas [masculine] (Lithuanian), пасив (pasiv) [masculine] (Macedonian), ragam pasif (Malay), കർമ്മണിപ്രയോഗം (kaṟmmaṇiprayōgaṁ) (Malayalam), whakahāngū (Maori), үйлдэгдэх хэв (üjldegdex xev) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠦᠢᠯᠡᠳᠦᠭᠳᠡᠬᠦ ᠬᠡᠪ (üiledüɣdekü keb) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), passif [masculine] (Norman), passiv [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), strona bierna [feminine] (Polish), voz passiva [feminine] (Portuguese), diateză pasivă [feminine] (Romanian), страда́тельный зало́г (stradátelʹnyj zalóg) [masculine] (Russian), пасси́в (passív) [masculine] (Russian), пасси́вный зало́г (passívnyj zalóg) [masculine] (Russian), guth fulangach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), па̀сӣв [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), трпно стање [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), pàsīv [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), trpno stanje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), trpný rod (Slovak), pasívum [neuter] (Slovak), trpni način [masculine] (Slovene), voz pasiva [feminine] (Spanish), passivum [neuter] (Swedish), passiv form [common-gender] (Swedish), tinig-balintiyak (Tagalog), паси́вний стан (pasývnyj stan) [masculine] (Ukrainian), паси́в (pasýv) [masculine] (Ukrainian), dạng bị động (Vietnamese), stâd oddefol [feminine] (Welsh)
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Inflected forms

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          "sense": "grammatical term",
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          "roman": "kravorakan seṙ",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "word": "կրավորական սեռ"
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          "roman": "zaljéžny stan",
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          "roman": "pasíŭny stan",
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          "roman": "pasýŭny stan",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
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          "sense": "grammatical term",
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          "roman": "stradátelen zalóg",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "roman": "pasíven zalóg",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
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          "roman": "bèidòng yǔtài",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "word": "被動語態 /被动语态"
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          "sense": "grammatical term",
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          "sense": "grammatical term",
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          "roman": "pathitikí foní",
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          "sense": "grammatical term",
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          "sense": "grammatical term",
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            "feminine"
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          "code": "ga",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "forma passiva"
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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "alt": "じゅどうたい",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "judōtai",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "word": "受動態"
        },
        {
          "alt": "うけみ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ukemi",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "word": "受身"
        },
        {
          "alt": "しょそう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shosō",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "word": "所相"
        },
        {
          "alt": "受動態",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sudongtae",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "word": "수동태"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "word": "genus passivum"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "passivum"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ciešamā kārta"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pasīvs"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "neveikiamoji rūšis"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pasyvas"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pasiv",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пасив"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "word": "ragam pasif"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "kaṟmmaṇiprayōgaṁ",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "word": "കർമ്മണിപ്രയോഗം"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "word": "whakahāngū"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "üjldegdex xev",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "үйлдэгдэх хэв"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "üiledüɣdekü keb",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᠦᠢᠯᠡᠳᠦᠭᠳᠡᠬᠦ ᠬᠡᠪ"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "passif"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "passiv"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "strona bierna"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "voz passiva"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "diateză pasivă"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stradátelʹnyj zalóg",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "страда́тельный зало́г"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "passív",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пасси́в"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "passívnyj zalóg",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пасси́вный зало́г"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "guth fulangach"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "па̀сӣв"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "трпно стање"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pàsīv"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "trpno stanje"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "word": "trpný rod"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "pasívum"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trpni način"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "voz pasiva"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "passivum"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "passiv form"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "word": "tinig-balintiyak"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pasývnyj stan",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "паси́вний стан"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pasýv",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "паси́в"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "word": "dạng bị động"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "grammatical term",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "stâd oddefol"
        }
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        "passive voice"
      ]
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      "word": "active voice"
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      "word": "antipassive voice"
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      "word": "mediopassive voice"
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    {
      "word": "middle voice"
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      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
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      "word": "verb"
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        "Terms with Breton translations",
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        "Terms with Crimean Tatar translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
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        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
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        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
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        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Malayalam translations",
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        "Terms with Mongolian translations",
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        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
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        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations",
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          "text": "The passive voice is sometimes criticized for de-emphasizing the actor. [\"is ... criticized\" is passive.]",
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "word": "lydende vorm"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "word": "passief"
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pësore"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣīḡat majhūl",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "صِيغَة مَجْهُول"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mabnī majhūl",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَبْنِي مَجْهُول"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kravorakan seṙ",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "word": "կրավորական սեռ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zaljéžny stan",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зале́жны стан"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pasíŭny stan",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пасі́ўны стан"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pasýŭny stan",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пасы́ўны стан"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tu-gouzañv"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "stradátelen zalóg",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "страда́телен зало́г"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pasíven zalóg",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "паси́вен зало́г"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bèidòng yǔtài",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "word": "被動語態 /被动语态"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "word": "etilgen derece"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trpný rod"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pasivum"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "passiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lideform"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lijdende vorm"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "passief"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "word": "pasiva voĉo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "word": "passiiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "word": "umbisikuline tegumood"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "word": "passiivi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voix passive"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "vnebiti gvari",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "word": "ვნებითი გვარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Leideform"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Leidform"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Leidensform"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Passiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Passivum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Passivform"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pathitikí foní",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "παθητική φωνή"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "word": "passzívum"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "þolmynd"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "faí chéasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "forma passiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "passivo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じゅどうたい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "judōtai",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "word": "受動態"
    },
    {
      "alt": "うけみ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ukemi",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "word": "受身"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょそう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shosō",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "word": "所相"
    },
    {
      "alt": "受動態",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sudongtae",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "word": "수동태"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "word": "genus passivum"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "passivum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ciešamā kārta"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pasīvs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "neveikiamoji rūšis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pasyvas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pasiv",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пасив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "word": "ragam pasif"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kaṟmmaṇiprayōgaṁ",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "word": "കർമ്മണിപ്രയോഗം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "word": "whakahāngū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "üjldegdex xev",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "үйлдэгдэх хэв"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "üiledüɣdekü keb",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠦᠢᠯᠡᠳᠦᠭᠳᠡᠬᠦ ᠬᠡᠪ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "passif"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "passiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "strona bierna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voz passiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diateză pasivă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stradátelʹnyj zalóg",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "страда́тельный зало́г"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "passív",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пасси́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "passívnyj zalóg",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пасси́вный зало́г"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guth fulangach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "па̀сӣв"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "трпно стање"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pàsīv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "trpno stanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "word": "trpný rod"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pasívum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trpni način"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voz pasiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "passivum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "passiv form"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "word": "tinig-balintiyak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pasývnyj stan",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "паси́вний стан"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pasýv",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "паси́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "word": "dạng bị động"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stâd oddefol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "passive voice"
}

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